What We Do

Yebetumi is a feminist nonprofit organization working to advance the rights and development of women and girls of all diversities, empowering them with knowledge and skills, and creating spaces for them to action their rights. The word “Yebetumi” is an Akan word that means “We Can” This represents our driving belief that gender equality and equity is attainable, and through policy advocacy, skills training, education, stakeholder engagement, mentorship and behavioral change sensitization we strive to contribute to making it a reality for women and girls in our operational communities.  At the core of our work is intersectionality, solidarity, diversity and inclusion as it pertains to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Sex and Sexuality positivity, Gender Based Violence, Education, HIV and AIDS, Leadership and Political Participation and Economic Justice 

  • Advocacy

    At the core of our work is gender justice for all women at all levels, with specific focus economic justice, sexual and reproductive health and sexual and gender based violence, leadership and political participation. We through our local and national level campaigns, policy trainings for women and girls, policy engagements with policy makers, traditional and religious leaders to advocate for equitable laws, policies and practices that allow women to action their rights.

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Our programs on consent and bodily autonomy, sexuality and pleasure, family planning and abortion rights and menstrual health ensures that our beneficiaries are empowered with knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, are able to access information and services and seek redress when their rights are being infringed upon.

  • Leadership and Political Participation

    We work to advance a gender balanced political participation and power sharing society. Through our leadership and capacity building training programs, gender focused civic education and sensitization campaigns, and stakeholder engagements, we work through breaking discriminatory structural barriers such as laws, practices, attitudes and stereotypes that impede the full participation of women in political leadership.

  • Solidarity and Collective Care

    We believe in collective healing and care facilitated by solidarity and sisterhood. Women of all intersectionalities experience joys, successes and struggles all presenting in varying degrees. Our Care Initiative creates and fosters a community where women can collectively relax and unwind, seek refuge, express themselves, whine and wine, digest their experiences, learn and support each other.

  • Knowledge and Herstories

    Yebetumi promotes the amplification of feminist voices, identities and realities. We create spaces and advance strategic equitable positioning of women’s voices and narratives in discourses that are otherwise exclusionary. Women’s expertise, experiences, ideas and innovations, dreams, worldview, skills, and identities belong in all narratives that matter and we work to ensure that this happens. We accomplish this through commissioned research publications, illustrations, theatre performances, photo and contemporary art exhibitions, festivals, collaborations with media entities, organised social gatherings of individual and feminist collectives.